Witness scheduling

📄 Witness scheduling — Tuesday, July 11, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 112 of 167

◀ Recross-examination of Francesca Harman Jury returns to courtroom ▶

Date: Tuesday, July 11, 1995 • Utterances: 8

A brief administrative exchange before the defense called its next witness. Darden requested the defense's witness order for the following day, Cochran provided a list of anticipated witnesses including Lang, Norris, Gladden, Merrill, and Riechardt, and the parties conferred off the record before the jury was brought in.

# 1 (The following proceedings were held in open court, out of the presence of the jury:)

# 2 THE COURT:

All right. Back on the record in the Simpson matter. Are we ready to call the next witness?

# 3 MR. DARDEN:

Your Honor, before the Defense calls the next witness, may we have the order for the next witnesses for tomorrow, cut back on my overtime, save the County?

# 4 MS. CLARK:

The County doesn't pay us, but--

KEY QUOTE

# 5 THE COURT:

Let's not get into that.

# 6 MR. COCHRAN:

I'm looking at the list. I told them I'd let them know as soon as I knew. I told him I expect tomorrow to have possibly Mr. Lang, possibly--well, Messers Norris, Mike Norris, Mike Gladden, Mr. James Merrill. We have some witnesses coming in from Chicago, Merrill and now Lieutenant Riechardt, and we keep on, we're trying to get as many as we can. I'll line up nine or 10 witnesses tomorrow.

# 7 (Discussion held off the record between the Deputy District Attorney and Defense counsel.)

# 8 THE COURT:

All right. Deputy Magnera, let's have the jurors, please.

Temperature

light

Key Quotes (3)

Christopher Darden

may we have the order for the next witnesses for tomorrow, cut back on my overtime, save the County?

Lighthearted framing of a routine scheduling request, suggesting the trial's grueling pace.

Marcia Clark

The County doesn't pay us, but--

Dry humor about prosecutors' pay, cut off by the judge before it could continue.

Johnnie Cochran

I'll line up nine or 10 witnesses tomorrow.

Signals the defense is in an aggressive phase of its case, calling a large volume of witnesses.

Notable Exchanges (1)

Christopher Darden•Marcia Clark•Lance A. Ito

Darden's joke about overtime prompted Clark's quip about County pay, which Ito quickly shut down.

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Light Moments (1)

Christopher Darden

Darden framed a scheduling request as a way to 'cut back on my overtime, save the County,' prompting Clark to note the County doesn't actually pay them.

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 6706 • 8 utterances

Criminal Trial

Department 103